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Re:IBM unveils z-series with 5.5 GHz CPU and hardware transa... by Nerdfest on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @06:01AM (#4447801)
Most of that software is still in use because it's very poorly written using a combination of COBOL and assembler and people are afraid to touch it.
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Re:IBM unveils z-series with 5.5 GHz CPU and hardware transa... by glhaynes on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @10:28AM (#4448671)
Very poorly written and it works, at least.
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